Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27


mors that crookeducss existed IN con
noctjou w,lU the minutes Of that
assembly. ra. Tr.,.0rt Courier assid-
u.u i woE.aaa Us % act that Jour
nms Of th@ Legislature existed and
would soon he printed. And in full
Erment Of that assertion, few days
ago, pamphlet made ITS appearances
in Globe purporting to be those jour
nails, and bearing the name of the
"Caurier Book and Job Office as the
publisher
A glance at the book shows that the
material and work therein contained
are Of tue poorest quality, but as Mr.
Marion the proprietor Of the Courier,
has only recently received in the
neighborhood Of seven thousand dol
lars for printing, etc, furnished the
Territory, together with a claim for
compensation for publishing the new
code, be, no doubt feels that he has
lost a heap Of n}oaey in bis business
relations with the Territorial Treasu-
~, aud 50 couldn't afford to employ
proof reader or 10 issue even semi
respectable edition Of a public doeu-
ment.
We also notice that the name Of the
author Of these Journals has been
omitted from its proper place on the
title page, and the reader is left in
doubt as to whathev Marion, Parish,
Bill Foster, Zuliek or d member Of the
Code Commission should be credited
for the industry made necessary in
compiling and arranging the memo
rAnda that comprise the substance Of
this work, especially as the memory Of
is author must have been frequently
taxed to furnish many Of the facts in
this interesting history
However, that semblance OF au-
thenticity might be given this siugu-
lar production, Mr.. Bayard the Sccre-
tary Of the Territory, prefxes a GER
tiieate, and in it apologies for the
lack Of manuscript minutes" in his
possession containing the proceedings
Of the Council Of February oath, and
also states that this omission has
been supplied from the best sources
available, and will bs found IN an ap.
pendix attached hereto" Tie term
best sources is exceedingly sugges-
tive, but Mr.. Secretary calls to state,
for the benefit Of the public, who the
gentlemen are who figure under these
two words. His conscience failed him
and he could not designate the pencil
minutes made by tho respective clerks
Of the House and Council, as "Jour-
mails, bnt ondeavors to smooth the
the facts to suit the occasion, and re-.
ters 70 those memoranda as manu-
script minutes The Hon. Secreta-
ry's predecessors have invariably GER
tilted the copies, from which this
printed history has been heretofore
taken, as manuscript Journals" but
despite Marion's reiterated statements
that journals existed the Secretary
fails to come to the scratch and back
up the assertions made 50 often BY the
Administration organ, BY plainly
stating that he had in bis Office, on
file, authentic journals, mot minutes)
OF the proceedings Of the l4th Legis-
lature.
And upon these manuscript min
ute" rest the legality Of all the laws
passed by that Legislature, together
with the lawful existence Of the Code.
Before the Legislature adjourned
these minutes were questioned and
severely criticised by two different
committees Of the House, specially ap-
pointed to enquire into their condition,
and one Of whom said in tie report oi
their investigation that they "exam-
ined the minutes Of The frst fifteen
days Of tho session, and believe that
they were correct as far as they were
able to ascertain, and then the report
winds up with PLAN intimation that
time was too precious to waste in an
attempt to create order out Of chaos,
and the minutes were then abandoned
to their fate.
Since the close Of the session the
validity Of the law providing for
license tax upon the sale ofliquors has
been assailel in the courts, On tho
ground that the Act as published III
the Revised Statutes IS not tie same
in language and effect as passed BY the
Legislature, and that the manuscript
minutes are erroneous, The case is
now lodged in the Supreme Court Of
the Territory on appeal, and cannot
be decided until the next session in
January, 1888
The transactions concerning these
journals have been fully explained BY
the press Of the Territory, and itnoeds
no prophet to foretell for them asbort
and stormy voyage en- route to their
sure and certain hayen-the waste
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